As TechCrunch reports, AOL has bought upcoming FriendFeed competitor socialthing! for an unnamed sum. Nevertheless it is rumored that less than $5 million have been paid.AOL was lately coming up with AIM BuddyUpdates, which keeps AIM users informed on what their buddies are currently doing on social services like Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, etc.
Seems like AOL - despite all uncertainty about its future - doesn't want to be the only player without some fancy 'social thing' out there.
Question is: will socialthing! survive this? Or will it just be removed from the face of earth and somehow be integrated in AOL's BuddyUpdates...?
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